The Return of the Titans Read Free

the hall today but
he just made a smart-ass remark to his little group of friends and
walked by. I can live with that.”
    Wilson sighed. “I'm sorry you have to deal
with that, lad. Grade nine is hard enough to handle without the
added pressure from a jerk like that.”
    Justin smiled. “Thanks, Wilson. But it's
okay. I think my new hobby is distracting me enough to put it
behind me. Or else I'm just getting used to it. Either way, I'll be
okay.”
    Wilson nodded, gave Justin a wave and turned
back toward his apartment.
    Justin spent the rest of the evening reading
through more of the old legends. He began to notice that he was
re-reading a lot of the same material and had a sense of
disappointment as he realized that he might have exhausted all of
the resources that he could find about the Titans and their
myths.
    He tried one more search. Page after page of
results just showed sites that he had already visited and he was
about to give up when he came to the last page of results. It was
page fifty-three and the last line listed was a quote from a site.
Remember the Titans, it said.
    He felt a thrill of excitement run through
him. It was the line! The line from the email.
    He clicked on the address. It was an old
site, very drab with just one page of writing on it. It talked
about the Titan legends and then said that certain stories spoke of
the Titans, not as gods, but as a race of beings who had lived in
ancient times alongside humans. It also mentioned that the last
Titan stronghold, Atlantis, was attacked when humanity turned on
the Titans, trying to steal their technology and the Titans had
destroyed the island city rather than let their secrets fall into
human hands. And that was all of the information on the web
site.
    Justin sat back and stared at the screen.
Was it possible? Were the Titans more than just a myth? Had they
really lived all those thousands of years ago?
    He imagined how it might have been. Legends
spoke of Atlantis as being home to humans who had invented flight,
who had advanced scientific knowledge. But what if it wasn't humans
who had lived there. What if it had been these Titans?
    There were no other references or pages on
the site, so Justin shut off the browser. He went through the pages
of notes he had taken from other sites. No, there were no other
hints that the Titans were anything but mythological gods. But he
had a feeling. He wasn't sure why but the idea that they had been a
race of people rather than gods just seemed to fit somehow.
    Not that it mattered, he thought. After all,
it was an interesting subject but what good was it really? He
sighed and put the notes aside. He wondered what he was going to do
for the rest of the weekend now that he had exhausted all of the
information sources on the Titans. Vaguely depressed, Justin went
to bed.
    The next morning, Saturday, Justin got
excited again. He thought that the library might have some
information that couldn't be found on the net. He knew it was a
long shot but it was the only thing that he could think of if he
wanted to learn more about what he had privately begun to call his
obsession.
    After breakfast, he got cleaned up and
dressed and headed for the living room.
    “Mom, is it okay if I go
to the library?”
    His mother stared at him for a moment. “The
library? Wow. Do people still use those things?”
He grinned at her dry tone and then shrugged. “I don't know. But I
thought it might be fun for a change. You know, to do some research
with real books instead of online.”
    “Still exploring ancient
myths, hon?”
    He blushed a bit. “It fascinates me, Mom.
I'm not even sure why.” Then he hesitated. “But if you need me to
stay home, if you have stuff you want me to do, then no problem. I
can go some other time.”
    His mother shook her head. “I'm fine,
sweetie. Mrs. P will be in soon and she can help me with anything I
need. Go on and have fun. Just be home for dinner.”
    “I will, Mom, Thanks.” As
he turned to